Dix was one of the most prominent representatives of the German post-expressionism generation. In 1919 he co-founded the Dresdner Sezession and from 1920 he painted socially critically works in the style of the Neue Sachtlichkeit (New Objectivity). In 1955 he took part in documenta I and in 1964 in documenta III. His work is mainly found in European and German museums such as the Neuen Nationalgalerie in Berlin or the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.